Wall-receptacle.



S. D. BAKER.

WALL RECEPTACLE. APPLICATION FlLED JULY 7. 19x7.

1,267,353. Patented May 28,1918.

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STATES Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 28, 1918.

Application filed July 7, 1917. Serial No. 179,240.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. BAKER, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the countyof New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulceptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a holder for soap and thelike having certain features of construction which contribute to theretention of the soap or other article therein, the supporting of suchartiof contact so that it may drain perfectly, the draining of theholder of any water deposited therein, and the facile cleaning anddrying of the supporting surface of the holder. While my invention maybe adapted to any soap or the like holder it is particularly serviceable1n soap holders built in and forming a cavity in a wall, especiallysince, being fixtures, such holders cannot be wiped dry and clean withthe same convenience as a portable holder.

My invention consists in a one-piece holder for soap or the likearticles formed with a forwardly and downwardly sloping drainingsurface, an upstanding back-abutment, and a plurality of limited-contactarticle-su porting projections upstanding from sea surface, whereby thewater may drain from the article, leaving it substantially wholly dry,and then forward over said surface; my invention further consists in thesame construction, with the projections having their tops rearwardl anddownwardly inclined and being pre erably front-to-rear extending ribs,whereby the water will drain as aforesaid and the soap or other articlewill, when placed in the holder, tend to slide toward and rest againstthe said back-abutment.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 shows in front elevation my soapholder in position in a wall;

Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical front-to-rear secon line 2'-2 of Fig. 1, Fig.3 showing a modification; and

Fig. 4 is a view of in plan and partly in The soap holder shown is ahorizontal section.

cavitary body Improvements in Wall-Re-.

the soap holder partly making the device a hand-grip, or grabrail, aswell as a holder for soap or the like; this bar is arranged at such anelevation as leaves ample clearance above it for the hand and below itfor the introduction of the soap.

Upstanding from the bottom wall a are a plurality of projections, hereshown as ribs 7, the tops of which downwardly. Thus the soap B or otherarticle placed thereon tends to slide toward the rear and rest against aback abutmenthere consisting of the back-wall a.

The top surface 9 of the bottom wall a slopes forwardly and downwardly.Thus the water draining from the soap down the projections onto saidsurface drains forward and downward toward the front of the holder. Theconstruction is such, moreover, that the holder may be readily renderedclean and dry by a single forward wipe with a cloth or sponge.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a onepiece holder for soap or the likearticle formed with a draining surface slo ing downwardly and forwardlyclear to the nt of the holder, an u standing back abutment for thearticle an a plurality of limitedcontact article-supporting projectionsupstanding from said surface and having their tops sloping rearwardlyand downwardly.

2. As an article of manufacture, a onepiece. holder for soap or the likearticle formed with a drainig-g surface sloping downwardly and forwar yclear to the front of the holder an upstandin back abutment for thearticle and a plum 'ty of front-torear extending limited-contactsoapporting projections upstanding from said surface and having theirtops sloping rearwardly and downwardly.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

STEPHEN D. BAKER.

slope rearwardly and

